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Just wanted to give a quick update. We haven't had any accidents since we made the post on here. We give her lots of praise and a small treat when she goes poops outside. At her last walking we also won't go in until she goes. I'm gunna have to break out my gloves and hat though, if this cold weather keeps up, it was freezing last night! It's only been a few days but things are looking better. Thanks again for the advice.

We wait outside as long as she seems to be focused on using the bathroom and not trying to go back inside. We use 'go potty' as her bathroom cue. There is a bed in her kennel but she goes to the bathroom on it and will use it to hide the evidence. We'll have to take her to the vet for a check-up to rule out a UTI, she hasn't been showing any signs of one, but you never know. Thanks for the advice.

I'm glad you got on here. Lol, I always forget how old she is. She acts younger than her actual age.

Recently every time she does her business outside we give her a treat and lots of praise. Sometimes she will let us know that she needs to go out. For example we walked the girls last night and about an hour later she told me she needed to go back out. I took her out, she pooped, and she got lots of praise. So I'm not sure that the problem is that she doesn't want to bother us. I think her previous owners "taught" her it was okay, or even preferable, to go in her crate or whatever area they kept her that she thought of as her den. I'll show the bell idea to my boyfriend. Maybe if we can get her used to using it to tell us every time, we'll start making progress. We don't want to get rid of her so we are open to any idea to try to fix this. Thanks for the suggestions everyone.

She has lived here two years. I moved in a year ago. Unfortunately we live in an apartment on the second story so we can't let her have free access to the outside. We're hoping to move to a house next year and install a doggy door. When my boyfriend lived in Texas his place had a doggy door, and she was on a tie-out that was long enough so she should could go inside and outside as she pleased. He didn't have any potty issues there. I haven't noticed any change in her peeing habits really, it's mostly poop that she has a problem with. I think the suggestion of just starting over completely will be our best bet. The only issue is that she will go in her crate without telling us she needs to go out. Any suggestions on how to break her of this?

Some background: Our Husky was found tied to a tree outside an abandoned trailer at about a year old (she's five now). We know she was abused (when my boyfriend first got her she wouldn't go through a door without peeing, among other things). After my boyfriend got her, he did re-house train her with a crate and he didn't have any problems when he lived in Texas. Since he moved to Georgia she has been having problems with her house training. He doesn't get to spend as much time with her so we think she's feeling neglected and possibly acting out. He works and I stay at home, so I try to give her as much attention as I can. She'll be fine for a while then it's like she forgets what she learned. I've been doing research and most places recommend crate training, however she will go in her crate and lay in it. She does see her crate as her 'safe place' because when we're traveling that is where she spends her time, and she also goes in there at home on her own. The main problem with her house training is that she won't always tell us when she needs to go out, she just goes inside even with someone home. We try to watch her but obviously we can't do that every second of the day. She and our other dog get walked in the morning, afternoon, and night unless one of them tells us they need to go out between those times. We really want to solve this issue and I was hoping someone on here would have an idea.